shrub vs timber

shrub

noun
  • A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base. 

  • A word mispronounced by replacing some consonant sounds with others of a similar place of articulation due to interference from one's knowledge of an indigenous Kenyan language. 

  • A liquor composed of vegetable acid, fruit juice (especially lemon), sugar, sometimes vinegar, and a small amount of spirit as a preservative. Modern shrub is usually non-alcoholic, but in earlier times it was often mixed with a substantial amount of spirit such as brandy or rum, thus making it a liqueur. 

verb
  • To mispronounce a word by replacing some consonant sounds with others of a similar place of articulation due to interference from one's knowledge of an indigenous Kenyan language. 

timber

noun
  • Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood. 

  • The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun. 

  • Material for any structure. 

  • Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction. 

  • A heavy wooden beam, generally a whole log that has been squared off and used to provide heavy support for something such as a roof. 

intj
  • Used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling. 

verb
  • To light or land on a tree. 

  • To surmount as a timber does. 

  • To fit with timbers. 

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